Contents

Foreword 9
A note on the organization of the articles 13

The algerian's flowers 15
Report card: could do better 17
'The word lilas, almost as tall
as it is wide' 21
Bataille, feydeau, and god 24
On georges bataille 30
What, they don't use the
guillotine any more? 32
Paris rabble 35
Tourists in paris 37
The blue blood of la villette 41
The duke of morny's marshes 47
Country dancing in paris 50
One out of a hundred novels makes it to
publication 52
The children of sputnik aren't starry-eyed 57
When there's enough for two, there's not
necessarily enough for three 60
The gentlemen from the bus company 63
Racism in paris 66
Move on! 68

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